Holiday Simmer Pot - Dish with Drew

 Holiday Simmer Pot

This Holiday Simmer Pot is truly the perfect, low-effort secret weapon for the entire winter season and all your holiday gatherings. It’s warm, incredibly inviting, and will instantly make your entire home smell deeply festive, cozy, and luxurious without needing to light a single fussy candle. This is the kind of thing you put on the stove right at the beginning of the day and let it gently simmer, filling your space with a continuous cloud of beautiful, natural fragrance. When your friends and family arrive, I promise you, they will immediately ask, "What is that amazing smell?!" when they walk in! 🥰 The beauty of a simmer pot is its simplicity, relying on the gentle heat of the stovetop to extract all the bright, aromatic oils from fresh ingredients, transforming the atmosphere with zero stress.

Our specific blend is designed to capture the quintessential scent of the season: bright citrus from the fresh orange slices, deep, comforting spice from the cinnamon sticks and brown sugar, and a refreshing, woodsy note from the fresh rosemary sprig. Adding a handful of fresh cranberries not only contributes a subtle tartness to the aroma but also provides a gorgeous visual element, especially if you use a glass pot. The instructions are incredibly low-maintenance: you simply place all the ingredients in a pot, cover them with boiling water, and let them go on low heat, only needing to check the water level every hour or two. This is the ultimate tool for setting a cozy, welcoming mood.

Look how cute this glass simmer pot is, it would be perfect to allow guests to see inside the pot, all the bright colors from the orange and cranberries! 

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🧾 Ingredients 🧾

Two oranges, sliced into quarter-inch rounds
Two cinnamon sticks
6 ounces fresh cranberries
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 sprig rosemary
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 or more cups boiling water (you will replenish as needed)

👨‍🍳 Instructions 👨‍🍳

1) Slice the oranges into quarter inch rounds.

2) Place the orange slices, fresh cranberries, cinnamon sticks, rosemary, vanilla extract, and brown sugar into a pot on the stove.

3) Pour the boiling water over the ingredients in the pot. Turn the heat to low and let the mixture simmer all day. Check the pot every one to two hours and refill with more water as needed so the mixture does not dry out or burn.

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